Child holder for car seats



June 20, 1944. w. s. ELMER CHILD HOLDER FOR CAR SEATS Filed Aug. 18, 1941 H m5 N vm .w mg .7 M A M \.\l|llnllwll. m F N m a n M p; L N

Patented June 20, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHILD HOLDER FOR CAR SEATS Walter S. Elmer. Portland, Oreg.

Application August 18, 1941, Serial No. 407,332

2 Claims.

This invention relates generally to automobiles and particularly to a child holder for car seats.

The main object of this invention is to construct a holder whereby a small child can stand upon the seat of an automobile and be safely braced against the back thereof,

The second object is to construct a holder of the class described which will permit the child to see out of the car windows without exposing the child to danger by sudden turning or changes of pace in the car's speed.

The third object is to construct a device of the class described which will be adaptable to any form of car seat without mutilating same and which can be attached to the backs of two jump seats commonly employed in coaches without interfering with the movement thereof.

The fourth object is to construct a device of the class described which is readily adjustable for various sizes and heights of children and which cannot be operated by the child itself but which can be easily operated by an adult on the right or the left of the child,

Ifhese and other objects are accomplished in the manner set forth in the following specification as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device showing same applied to a car seat.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the device.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the adjustable end of the belt.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring in detail to the drawing there is shown a seat cushion I behind which is hinged or fixedly mounted a back I I, to which it attached my device for holding the child I2.

My invention consists of a belt or waist band I4 preferably of leather or fabric whose ends l5 are attached to the snap rings Iii by means of which the ends I5 are connected to the eye bolts I! which pass through the outturned ends is of a back engaging hook or clamp I9 preferably of spring steel whose upper most portion is covered by a piece of rubber tubing which engages the top and upper side portions of the seat back ll and protects the 'material thereof against wear and also improves the holding action of the clamp l9 itself.

The clamp I9 is applied by merely pushing it downwardly into the position shown, there being ample resilience in the back II and the spring in the member I9 to permit this action.

It is desirable to provide a buckle in the band ll of a character which cannot be readily operated by the child. The same is true of the snap rings I6 which should be sufficiently diflicult to open as to render a playful or mischievous operation thereof by a child impossible. This is accomplished by the use of split rivets Id-A that can be passed through a desired hole I I-B.

It is desirable to secure the eye bolts H by means of the nuts 2| thereby enabling the bolts I! to be turned up or down, or adjusted to make the fastening at the elevation best adapted to the particular child being held thereby.

It will be observed that with the structure herein described, either of the backs I I may be operated separately or both may be operated in unison without removing either of the hooks I9 from its supporting back I I.

Obviously, any other form of fastening between the members I4 and I9 could be employed, although it should provide a means for adjusting the height of the fastening,

I claim;

1. A holder of the class described consisting of a pair of inverted U shaped hooks adapted to be forced downwardly around the upper edges of a car seat back and having vertically adjustable connections at the forward lower ends thereof. and a flexible waist band between said connections removably secured thereto.

2. A device of the class described consisting of a pair of rubber covered, inverted U shaped hooks of resilient material adapted to hang over the upper edges of a car seat back in spaced relation to each other, the forward lower ends of said hooks having forwardly turned ends, eye bolts extending through said ends and adjustably secured thereto, snap rings in said eye bolts and a flexible, adjustable waist band between said snap rings.

S. ELMER. 

